The first, which “contained 21 pints and a mutchkin of the water of [the river] Leith,” (approximately 36 litres) was for wheat, pease, beans, rye and white salt, commodities which had been sold by striken, or level measure.

The second firlot, which contained 31 pints of water, was for oats, barley and malt, which had been sold by heaped measure. The pint mentioned is the Scottish Sterling jug.